Natural Gas Inventories as of December 24, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 136 Bcf as of December 24, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 3,226 Bcf as of Friday, December 24, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 136 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 250 Bcf less than last year at this time and 19 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,207 Bcf.
At 3,226 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (12/24/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 12/24/21 | 12/17/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 777 | 809 | -32 | -32 | 815 | -4.7 | 758 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 918 | 963 | -45 | -45 | 979 | -6.2 | 913 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 180 | 188 | -8 | -8 | 205 | -12.2 | 187 | -3.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 235 | 247 | -12 | -12 | 290 | -19.0 | 265 | -11.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,116 | 1,155 | -39 | -39 | 1,186 | -5.9 | 1,084 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 326 | 334 | -8 | -8 | 334 | -2.4 | 315 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 790 | 820 | -30 | -30 | 852 | -7.3 | 769 | 2.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,226 | 3,362 | -136 | -136 | 3,476 | -7.2 |
3,207 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease this week.
All regions except for the Mountain and Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
